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# Remove pen (if any) from the pen arm. | # Remove pen (if any) from the pen arm. | ||
− | # Start with a clean, dry, room-temperature, raw egg. (If | + | # Start with a clean, dry, room-temperature, raw egg. (If not an egg, it's likely to already be room temperature, dry and raw. Make sure that it's clean, too!) |
#* Dry, so your marker will adhere. | #* Dry, so your marker will adhere. | ||
#* Room-temperature, so that your egg will stay dry. | #* Room-temperature, so that your egg will stay dry. | ||
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#* Clean, so that ink flow is not affected by grease on the surface. You may even want to use rubber gloves for handling your eggs to keep greasy finger prints off (especially important if using technical pens with very fine nibs.) | #* Clean, so that ink flow is not affected by grease on the surface. You may even want to use rubber gloves for handling your eggs to keep greasy finger prints off (especially important if using technical pens with very fine nibs.) | ||
# Pull back the plunger and roughly center the end of the egg on the headstock. Gently return the plunger to the other end of the egg. Spin the egg to see if it is centered, and adjust its position in the two egg cups as necessary. (You want as little wobble as you turn your egg as possible -- more wobble will lead to uneven drawings.) | # Pull back the plunger and roughly center the end of the egg on the headstock. Gently return the plunger to the other end of the egg. Spin the egg to see if it is centered, and adjust its position in the two egg cups as necessary. (You want as little wobble as you turn your egg as possible -- more wobble will lead to uneven drawings.) | ||
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